James F. Kobernat
Home Town: Hill City, MN
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 142, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James F. Kobernat, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Forest of Argonne, France, October 11, 1918. Private Kobernat succeeded in establishing an automatic rifle post under heavy machine-gun fire. In the face of this heavy fire he continually advanced until he was killed.